Little things that are a Big Deal
I want to remember being excited about the little milestones... because sometimes they seem VERY BIG.
I have talked before how I have to be careful not to compare Israel to other babies. His delayed development has been a really tough thing for me sometimes, and I have sometimes found myself reading friends' blogs or looking at instagram pictures of kids that are Israel's age (or younger) wondering... will he ever do that {hold his bottle, stand, crawl, walk, run, feed himself, etc}.
It is easy to just wish for him to do those things and to be a little bitter sometimes that progress hasn't happened the way I want it to. Especially when we are in physical therapy so much and we are doing "everything" to make him progress!
So I want to shout out a big PRAISE JESUS for two "little" things that are very big to me.
-Israel has been HOLDING his own bottle. Sometimes he holds it the entire time that he drinks it! It makes me so proud. He still has to be leaned back a good bit, but he's making progress and that makes me so proud. This little boy wouldn't even hold a toy when he came home, and now his precious hands can bear the weight of his bottle.
-Today, for the first time, Israel put pressure on his feet long enough to be qualified as "standing"! He even stood by himself (holding on to a little piano) long enough for my husband to take a picture of him. Israel used to not even put ANY pressure on his feet and would curl his feet up in the jump up, exersaucer, whatever. When we met him in March he wouldn't put any pressure on his feet when we held him in our lap and I remember being concerned- I never knew it would take this long for him to do it but I am SO THANKFUL! Today I was standing in front of a mirror holding Israel's hands while he stood and I just had a flash of hope- he will walk, he will run.
So as hard as it is to have a perfectly made baby who has some "delays"- I will say that it has been all the more sweeter to rejoice over the milestones and claim them as miracles. God is faithful.
I have talked before how I have to be careful not to compare Israel to other babies. His delayed development has been a really tough thing for me sometimes, and I have sometimes found myself reading friends' blogs or looking at instagram pictures of kids that are Israel's age (or younger) wondering... will he ever do that {hold his bottle, stand, crawl, walk, run, feed himself, etc}.
It is easy to just wish for him to do those things and to be a little bitter sometimes that progress hasn't happened the way I want it to. Especially when we are in physical therapy so much and we are doing "everything" to make him progress!
So I want to shout out a big PRAISE JESUS for two "little" things that are very big to me.
-Israel has been HOLDING his own bottle. Sometimes he holds it the entire time that he drinks it! It makes me so proud. He still has to be leaned back a good bit, but he's making progress and that makes me so proud. This little boy wouldn't even hold a toy when he came home, and now his precious hands can bear the weight of his bottle.
-Today, for the first time, Israel put pressure on his feet long enough to be qualified as "standing"! He even stood by himself (holding on to a little piano) long enough for my husband to take a picture of him. Israel used to not even put ANY pressure on his feet and would curl his feet up in the jump up, exersaucer, whatever. When we met him in March he wouldn't put any pressure on his feet when we held him in our lap and I remember being concerned- I never knew it would take this long for him to do it but I am SO THANKFUL! Today I was standing in front of a mirror holding Israel's hands while he stood and I just had a flash of hope- he will walk, he will run.
So as hard as it is to have a perfectly made baby who has some "delays"- I will say that it has been all the more sweeter to rejoice over the milestones and claim them as miracles. God is faithful.
WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!! That is AWESOME Bekah!!! Go Israel Go!!!!!!!! So excited for you and so proud of your little man!
ReplyDeleteYay!!! This news made my Friday!!
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord! Rejoicing with you. Thank you for sharing. Touched my heart :)
ReplyDeleteHi Israel and Family,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jenna, Israel is a handsome prince, cute blessing, special earthly angel, and precious gift, and miracle. He is such an inspirational warrior, a brave champ, courageous fighter, and a smilen hero! I am so happy to hear that he is holding a bottle, and that he stood on his feet for the first. There will always be firsts for him, and he will always succeed, he just does it on his own time, and it may take him longer than others, but he will eventually learn it.
I was born with a rare life threatening disease, developmental delays, and 14 other medical conditions.
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It Takes courage to love
Like a dove
It takes courage to fight,
It takes courage to do what’s right
It takes courage to stay strong,
When things go wrong
It takes courage to write a song
It takes courage to live
It takes courage to give
It takes courage to fight this beast
It takes courage to be brave
It takes courage to smile and wave
It takes courage to keep positive
Keep on fighting!
It takes courage to win!
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Praise Jesus for the small things! So good to see you are finding things to be grateful for in the midst of the hard stuff.
ReplyDeleteMy sons name is Miles he is 18 months old and DD because of a condition called central hypotonia. His struggles caused me to also be somewhat bitter! Comparing himto babies his age was very disheartening! We would not have him any other way just as I know you wouldn't either! HE WILL WALK HE WILL RUN! Praise Jesus Miles is 3 months walking now!! Don't lose heart!!!
ReplyDeleteMy sons name is Miles he is 18 months old and DD because of a condition called central hypotonia. His struggles caused me to also be somewhat bitter! Comparing himto babies his age was very disheartening! We would not have him any other way just as I know you wouldn't either! HE WILL WALK HE WILL RUN! Praise Jesus Miles is 3 months walking now!! Don't lose heart!!!
ReplyDeleteMy sons name is Miles he is 18 months old and DD because of a condition called central hypotonia. His struggles caused me to also be somewhat bitter! Comparing himto babies his age was very disheartening! We would not have him any other way just as I know you wouldn't either! HE WILL WALK HE WILL RUN! Praise Jesus Miles is 3 months walking now!! Don't lose heart!!!
ReplyDeleteMy sons name is Miles he is 18 months old and DD because of a condition called central hypotonia. His struggles caused me to also be somewhat bitter! Comparing himto babies his age was very disheartening! We would not have him any other way just as I know you wouldn't either! HE WILL WALK HE WILL RUN! Praise Jesus Miles is 3 months walking now!! Don't lose heart!!!
ReplyDeleteMy sons name is Miles he is 18 months old and DD because of a condition called central hypotonia. His struggles caused me to also be somewhat bitter! Comparing himto babies his age was very disheartening! We would not have him any other way just as I know you wouldn't either! HE WILL WALK HE WILL RUN! Praise Jesus Miles is 3 months walking now!! Don't lose heart!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bekah for sharing about your feelings and what development stages Israel is obtaining. Your blog has been more helpful to me than most of the required reading. I will have a 10-24 mo son that will join us someday and I've been clueless as to what he will be doing developmentally. I feel more prepared after reading your personal experiences. You all are such a blessing and so happy for his new milestones!
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